Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Hi Everyone!Pinch me! I mean it, pinch me! I can't believe it's finally here! Today is the day that I get to share my collaboration set that I designed for Simon Says Stamp's STAMPtember event!

First, I have to tell you how honored I am to have been included in this amazing event! When I met Heidi, the owner of Simon Says Stamp, I was starstruck. We were at a retreat together and she was SO sweet and kind and welcoming. I am sure I was stuttering and slobbering all over her. But we sat together and had our morning coffee and we talked. I couldn't believe she wanted to carry my line! I'm pretty protective about where my line is sold and Simon Says Stamp is EXACTLY the kind of place I am honored to have it! So thank you Heidi! You're such a blessing in my life! I am thrilled that you are carrying my line and I am beyond excited to share this set!

Introducing Warmer with You!

This set has a set of coordinating dies that you can purchase as well! And wait until you see what our Design Team and some of the amazing Designer friends of Simon Says Stamp have created with this new set!I really went to town with the set. I couldn't put it down! It's so fun for cards but equally fun for cute little tags! Here is a photo of some of my projects!

Today, The Cast and Crew for Gina K. Designs welcomes you to a blog hop celebrating the new stamp sets by the illustration team from Gina K. Designs! We hope to inspire you with some beautiful card projects as you hop along to each of the designer’s blogs!

Today we are featuring the stamp sets by Beth Silaika and Claire Brennan!

Here is the newest set by Beth Silaika called Todd Turtle:

And here is a look at Claire Brennan's newest set, Perfect Poinsettia:

Enjoy the beautiful projects from the team and then comment on each blog for your chance to win a $50 Gina K Designs gift certificate! To see who won, check the Big News Forum at StampTV a few days after the hop.

Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Today, The Cast and Crew for Gina K. Designs welcomes you to a blog hop
celebrating the new stamp sets by the illustration team from Gina K.
Designs! We hope to inspire you with some beautiful
card projects as you hop along to each of the designer’s blogs!

Today we are featuring the stamp sets by Melanie Muenchinger and Theresa Momber.

Here is the newest set by Melanie Muenchinger called Fabulous Rose Frame:

It has two die sets that coordinate!

Fabulous Rose Dies:

And Fabulous Labels Dies:

And here is a look at Theresa Momber's newest set, The Wetlands 2:

Enjoy the beautiful projects from the team and then comment on each blog for your chance
to win a $50 Gina K Designs gift certificate! To see who won, check the Big News Forum at StampTV a few days after the hop.

Kathy Racoosin from The Daily Marker wants to share her love of coloring with you. Today Kathy has assembled a blog hop to give your creativity a jump start with some of the stops that will be on “The Coloring Challenge Road Trip” & her favorite OnLine Card Classes.

GIVEAWAYS: You will find lots of generous giveaways along the hop. The full list of ALL winners from the individual blogs will be announced here on Tuesday September 12th. (check each blog for the specifics of their giveaway)

I have a giveaway today so leave a comment here on my blog and I will choose a winner and send the name over to Kathy so she can announce it on her blog on September 12th!

My giveaway is a FULL set of Prismacolor Pencils! It's one of my favorite ways to color!

I made this card using the new Fabulous Rose Frame stamp set and the new Stitched Leaves Mini Kit, all available in the What's New Categoryat Gina K. Designs HERE.

I colored the flowers with Prismacolor Pencils and used a little Gamsol to blend.

To see how I use Gamsol, you can watch this video on my YouTube Channel HERE or right here on my blog:

Kathy from The Daily Marker is the creator of “The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge”.The Challenge is a great way to gain confidence with your coloring and join in a community of positivity and coloring enthusiasts. The challenge is also a great way to get full use of your stamps and coloring mediums.

(When sharing use #TheDailyMarker30Day so Kathy can find your work)

THE GOAL IS: To color something daily even if it's a few minutes but, certainly not required. It’s been proven that coloring can lower your blood pressure & make you feel happy and relaxed so it’s worth carving out a little time for yourself each day. You will find that Kathy encourages you along the way to stretch your creativity a little bit more and to feel successful with your coloring.

CAN YOU PARTICIPATE in the 30 DAY CHALLENGE? Yes! that would be awesome if you want to participate & feel free to jump in at any time during the challenge! Everyone is welcome! If you miss a few days don’t feel like you have to catch up. The challenge is meant to be fun and with no stress.

QUESTIONS? Read more on Kathy’s blog post here to see how to share you work and if you have questions, how to share, giveaways etc. Prepare to be inspired with daily posts and many videos for 30 days.

I'm super excited because of few of my friends decided to put a blog hop together to feature my new kit! A HUGE thank you to Kathy Racoosin, Jennifer McGuire and Lydia Fiedler for joining me in showing off this fun new kit!

And we also have a GIVEAWAY: We are giving away FOUR $20.00 gift certificates! We will choose one winner from each of the four blogs! (Winners will be chosen from each blogs comments). Tuesday Sept 5th the winners will be announced here on my blog so be sure to stop back!

For my projects, I used some Emboss Resist and some of the Gina K. Designs inks to blend some autumn rich colors.

For the "Friend" card, I used Gina K. Designs Honey Mustard Ink and for the "Thankful Card" I used Honey Mustard, Tomato Soup and Faded Brick together.

I also have a new video showing another technique that uses Embossing with the Gina K. Designs Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder and a combination of Oxide Inks and Gina K. Designs Inks.

To watch the new product tour video, click HERE to go to YouTube or, if you are reading this on my blog, you can watch it right here:

A huge thank you to Kathy, Jennifer and Lydia for taking time out of their evening to inspire you with their beautiful projects! I am so blessed by these wonderful friends!